Last Witness Oates the local police officer with

the local police officer with her own agenda to fulfil

parakeets and serpents - complete with a customary shoal of red herrings

In Victor Serge's panoramic vision of the Stalin era

bloody battle

It's time to face her demons once and for all

Last Witness Oates the local police officer withWhen 18 year old Ben Renshaw is found dead in city woodland, DCI Robin Lyons is plunged into one of Birmingham's most controversial cases. Months earlier, Ben and his best friend gave testimony that sent a former classmate, Alistair Heywood, to prison for a vicious sexual assault. Before the trial, the boys and their families endured months of brutal witness intimidation, for which the Heywoods, a privileged and influential local family, faced no